FAM. 135. 107 



superior, 1-6-cclled; pistil 1, ovules numerous; fruit a cap- 

 sule; seeds minute. 



Monotropa uniflora. White or pink, succulent, wax-like herbs, turning slate- 

 colored in drying, usually found in clusters; flowers solitary, nodding; sepals 2-4; 

 petals 5-0. with stiff hairs on the inside; stamens 10-12, with peltate anthers; ovary 

 5-celled. confluent with the calyx-disk beneath; stigma funnelform; capsule 5-celled, 

 angled. In moist woods. Late Summer and Fall. 



135. Ericaceae, Heath Family. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees with alternate, opposite or whorl ed, 

 exstipulate leaves and perfect flowers; sepals and petals 

 4-7, distinct or partially coherent; stamens as many or 

 twice as many as there are petals or corolla-lobes; filaments 

 usually distinct, with the anthers often awned; ovary 

 free, 2-6 celled, with styles united; ovules numerous; fruit 

 a capsule. 



1. Corolla polypetalous; — evergreen branching shrubs, with alternate, 

 leathery leaves and 6-7 parted flowers in terminal racemes or 

 corymbs; calyx often sticky, -_-_--_ Bejaria 



B. racemosa. Leaves oblong to oval, glabrous; corolla white. Sandy soil. 

 Summer. 



1. Corolla monopetalous, _________ _ 2 



2. Corolla funnelform; — shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves, and 5- 



parted flowers in terminal clusters. _____ Azalea 



A. serrulata. Flowers white, appearing after the leaves; leaves smooth, serru- 

 late with bristle-tipped teeth; pedicels and corolla-tube glandular-hirsute. 

 A. viscosa, Swtmf Honeysuckle. Leaves oblong to obovate, short petioled; 

 corolla white or pink; tube dilated near the limb. Swamps. Early Sum- 

 mer. 

 The single varieties of Azalea indica in different colors are cultivated. 

 2. Corolla cup-shaped or rotate, with acute lobes; — low evergreen shrub 

 with hirsute foliage; leaves alternate, small, numerous; flowers 

 pale or deep pink, similar to the preceding, usually solitary 

 on slender pedicels, numerous, _____ Kalmiella 



K. hirsuta, Wicky. Much branched, hirsute; margins of the leaves revo- 

 lute; calyx bristly; corolla rose-purple. Pine-barrens. Summer. 

 2. Corolla salverform; — creeping evergreen shrubs with alternate leaves; 

 5-parted flowers perfect or dioecious in axillary clusters; calyx 

 subtended by several bracts, - - Epigaea, Trailing Arbutus 



E. repens. Bright green foliage and white or pink corolla nearly twice as long 

 as the calyx. Dry sandy soil. Spring. 



2. Corolla subglobose, urceolate or cylindrical, ------ 3 



3. Calyx usually with several bracts and sepals distinct; corolla ovoid- 



cylindrical; — shrubs with alternate leaves and 5-parted flowers 

 in one-sided racemes or axillary umbel-like clusters; anthers or 

 filaments awned. Spring. _____-- Pieris 



P. (Andromeda) nitida, Feller Bush. Evergreen; filaments 2-awned near the 

 apex; flowers white to red. Low pine-land. 



